Description: The American Frugal Housewife, Dedicated to Those Who are Not Ashamed of Economy, by Mrs. Child, Twentieth Edition, American Stationers’ Company, Boston, 1836, hardcover, 4.5 x 7.5”, 18mo Poor condition/as is. Original printed boards with cloth spine. Wear to front and rear boards; front board is still legible. Tips are bumped with exposed boards. Significant wear and tearing to cloth spine. Bookplate for Jas. H. Dayton, U.S.N. on front pastedown. Frontispiece showing cuts of mutton, pork, veal, and beef opposite title page. Note on copyright page states: “It has become necessary to change the title of this work the ‘American Frugal Housewife,’ because there is an English work of the same name, not adapted to the wants of this country”. 85-92are completely detached from binding. Toning, age-staining, foxing, and finger-staining throughout textblock. Handwritten note and cut-out of “Recipe for making Peach Jelly” pasted onto rear pastedown and flyleaf. Binding is cracked. Please see photos and ask any questions prior to purchase. A scarce and desirable 19th century cookbook. No marginalia within textblock, but a handwritten note has been pasted in on rear pastedown and flyleaf. Lydia Maria Child (February 11, 1802 - October 20, 1880) was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. At times, she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her stories. Despite these challenges, Child may be most remembered by her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood", written about visiting her grandparents' house. In 1976, the house was restored by Tufts University and stands near the Mystic River on South Street, in Medford, Massachusetts. FORN-MSB-0424-TUB0022-JC463
Price: 150 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Mrs. Child
Publisher: American Stationers' Company
Topic: Basic, General Cooking
Subject: Cooking
Original/Facsimile: Original
